US3809242A - Purifying plant for sewage - Google Patents
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- US3809242A US3809242A US27496172A US3809242A US 3809242 A US3809242 A US 3809242A US 27496172 A US27496172 A US 27496172A US 3809242 A US3809242 A US 3809242A
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C02—TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
- C02F—TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
- C02F3/00—Biological treatment of water, waste water, or sewage
- C02F3/02—Aerobic processes
- C02F3/12—Activated sludge processes
- C02F3/1236—Particular type of activated sludge installations
- C02F3/1242—Small compact installations for use in homes, apartment blocks, hotels or the like
- C02F3/1247—Small compact installations for use in homes, apartment blocks, hotels or the like comprising circular tanks with elements, e.g. decanters, aeration basins, in the form of segments, crowns or sectors
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C02—TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
- C02F—TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
- C02F3/00—Biological treatment of water, waste water, or sewage
- C02F3/02—Aerobic processes
- C02F3/12—Activated sludge processes
- C02F3/1236—Particular type of activated sludge installations
- C02F3/1257—Oxidation ditches
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
- Y02A—TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
- Y02A20/00—Water conservation; Efficient water supply; Efficient water use
- Y02A20/20—Controlling water pollution; Waste water treatment
- Y02A20/208—Off-grid powered water treatment
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
- Y02W—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO WASTEWATER TREATMENT OR WASTE MANAGEMENT
- Y02W10/00—Technologies for wastewater treatment
- Y02W10/10—Biological treatment of water, waste water, or sewage
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- ABSTRACT A purifying plant for sewage according to the active sludge method comprising an open tank provided with a partition and having the shape of a closed aerating circuit with a supply conduit, a discharge conduit and at least one surface aerator, said aerating circuit having a curved shape such that it substantially encloses a space in which at least one after-settling tank and at least one thickening pond are provided.
- This invention relates to a plant for purifying sewage suitable for use according to the active sludge process. It is known to purify sewage or the like by directing fresh incoming sewage from a sewer via grit chambers or the like into an endless channel. The sewage is aerated and activated in the channel and at least a portion thereof, after being retained in the channel for a period, is recirculated for treatment of the fresh incoming sewage.
- the invention aims at providing a compact plant of this kind which requires little space, is easy to operate and is suitable for production in batches.
- the plant according to the invention in that it includes an open topped tank having an elongated aerating space so shaped that its end walls are located adjacent each other, said aerating space being provided with a partition wall each end of which is spaced from the adjacent end wall of the said aerating space forming an inner channel portion enclosed within an outer channel portion which are in series with one another so that an endless aerating channel is obtained, there being provided means to charge sewage into the said channel, means to withdraw aerated sewage from the said channel and at least one surface aerator for aerating the contents of the aerating channel, said aerating channel substantially enclosing a space in which at least one settling tank for settling out sludge from the sewage of the channel and at least one sludge tank for the sludge, there being provided means for charging the sewage into the or each sludge-settling tank and means for charging the sludge into the or each sludge thickening tank. Consequently
- an apparatus for operating the plant and a control chamber are accommodated in the space between the end walls of the aerating space.
- a preferred embodiment of the plant according to the invention is characterized in that the aerating channel, the space between the end wallsof said aerating channel, the sludge-settling tank and the sludge thickening tank are concentrically arranged.
- the invention teaches that for purifying plants having a large capacity in the space substantially enclosed by the aerating channel there may be provided at least two sludge-settling tanks each having a concentrically arranged sludge thickening tank. In the space substantially enclosed by the aerating space sludge drying beds can be provided.
- FIG. 1 a top plan view of said plant and in FIG. 2 a section of the plant shown in FIG. 1 according to the line IIII.
- the plant for purifying sewage shown in the drawings comprises an open topped tank 1 in which there is provided an aerating space 2 having end walls 9 which are spaced from, but adjacent to each other. Said aerating space being provided with a partition wall 3, each end of which being spaced from the adjacent end wall of said aerating space, so that an inner channel portion is formed which is enclosed by an outer channel portion, said channel portion being in series with one another, so that an endless aerating channel is formed in which the sewage may circulate. Near both ends of said partition wall an aerator 4, 4 is mounted by which the sewage in said endless aerating channel is kept moving. The sewage is admitted at one end of the aerating space 2.
- the plant is provided with a conduit 5 supplying the sewage to a sector-shaped feed pit 6 adjacent the respective front wall of the tank 1.
- a worm screw conveyor 7 supplying the sewage from the feed pit 6 to a pit 8 provided in a direct line with the feed pit, said pit 8 communi cating via an opening in one of the end walls 9 with the aerating space 2.
- the sewage entering of the aerating space 2 is thoroughly mixed by the aerator 4 with the sewage already present in said space 2.
- a worm screw conveyor 7 one may also use a pump.
- a weir 10 which preferably is adjustable in height and across which an equally large quantity of water and sludge mixture flows as is fed by the pit 8 to said aerating space 2.
- This amount of water and sludge is supplied by a conduit 11 to a sludge-settling tank 12 in which the sludge settles out.
- the purified water, free of sludge, flows across the edge of a discharge gutter 13 via an annular sector-shaped measur ing compartment 14 to a conduit 15 through which the purified water is discharged.
- the sludge settled out in the sludge-settling tank 12 which has an important function in the purifying process, since it carries the decomposition bacteria, is moved on the bottom of the sludge-settling tank 12 by means of a sludge clearing device 16 secured to a rotating bridge 17, to a circular sludge gutter 17' in which it is conveyed by a scraper device to a conduit 18 which is in communication with a pit 19.
- a sludge returning worm screw conveyor 20 is provided which supplies the sludge to the pit 8 where it is mixed with the supplied sewage and flows back into the aerating space.
- conduit 21 is connected to the high side of the sludge returning worm screw conveyor 20.
- conduit 23 is provided at weir level of the sludge thickening tank 22 a conduit 23, shown in broken line, which ends at the low side of the sludge returning worm screw conveyor 20 in the pit 19.
- the drainage under the entire plant is concentrated in a drainage pit 26 situated in line with the weir 10.
- a drainage pit 26 situated in line with the weir 10.
- a chamber 27 containing the apparatus for operating the plant and a space 28 which may serve as a laboratory, workshop or similar purpose.
- the endless aerating space is then constituted by two semicircular channel sections connected by straight channel sections, so that it has substantially the shape of an oVaL'The space enclosed by the aerating channeland lying between the sludge-settling tanks may then be used, if desired, for the provision of sludge drying beds.
- a plant for purifying sewage suitable for use according to the activating sludge process including an open topped curved tank having an elongated aerating space so shaped that its end walls are located adjacent each other, said aerating space being divided by a partition wall each end of which is spaced from the adjacent end wall of the said aerating space forming an inner channel portion enclosed within an outer channel portion which are in series with one another so that an endless aerating channel is obtained, there being provided means to charge sewage into the said aerating channel,
- the inner channel portion substantially enclosing a space in which there is at least one settling chamberfor settling out sludge from the sewage aerated in said aerating space and at least one sludge thickening chamber for the sludge, said sludge thickening chamber being concentrically arranged in said sludge settling chamber, there being provided for charging the aerated sewage into said at least one sludge-settling chamber, means for charging the sludge into said at least one sludge thickening chamber, means for returning settled sludge from the settling chamber to the aerating space and means for discharging the purified water out of the sludge settling chamber, the end walls of the aerating space lying at a distance from one another so that therebetween a space is formed in which an apparatus for operating the plant and
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Applications Claiming Priority (1)
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NL7111546A NL147400B (nl) | 1971-08-20 | 1971-08-20 | Installatie voor het reinigen van afvalwater volgens de actief-slibmethode. |
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US (1) | US3809242A (sv) |
JP (1) | JPS5551638B2 (sv) |
AR (1) | AR196621A1 (sv) |
AT (1) | AT315766B (sv) |
AU (1) | AU468067B2 (sv) |
BE (1) | BE786868A (sv) |
CA (1) | CA967295A (sv) |
CH (1) | CH535186A (sv) |
DE (1) | DE2239041A1 (sv) |
DK (1) | DK142278B (sv) |
ES (1) | ES405985A1 (sv) |
FI (1) | FI56362C (sv) |
FR (1) | FR2150341B1 (sv) |
GB (1) | GB1361697A (sv) |
IE (1) | IE36617B1 (sv) |
IT (1) | IT963510B (sv) |
NL (1) | NL147400B (sv) |
NO (1) | NO132903C (sv) |
SE (1) | SE387323B (sv) |
ZA (1) | ZA725134B (sv) |
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US3917532A (en) * | 1974-04-11 | 1975-11-04 | Davis Water & Waste Ind Inc | Sewage treatment plant |
US3984321A (en) * | 1973-11-23 | 1976-10-05 | Kaelin J R | Sewage treatment plant |
US4080292A (en) * | 1975-06-09 | 1978-03-21 | Biuro Projektowo-Konstrukcyjne Centralnego Zwiazku Spoldzielni Mleczarskich | Tank for agitation and aeration of sewages |
US4146478A (en) * | 1976-10-20 | 1979-03-27 | Activox, Inc. | Closed spiral path waste water treatment system |
US4290884A (en) * | 1978-08-25 | 1981-09-22 | Clevepak Corporation | Nitrification-denitrification system |
WO1982000134A1 (en) * | 1980-07-03 | 1982-01-21 | Gyulavari I | Apparatus for treating liquids |
US4940545A (en) * | 1989-03-29 | 1990-07-10 | Baker Hughes, Inc. | Aerobic waste sludge digester-thickener orbital system and method |
EP0749942A2 (de) * | 1995-05-23 | 1996-12-27 | Bernd Dr.-Ing. Diering | Anlage zur biologischen Aufbereitung von Abwasser |
FR2837813A1 (fr) * | 2002-03-29 | 2003-10-03 | Omnium Traitement Valorisa | Installation circulaire pour le traitement biologique des eaux usees |
US20160039695A1 (en) * | 2014-08-06 | 2016-02-11 | William N. Carpenter, JR. | System and method of treating wastewater |
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GB970470A (en) * | 1960-01-11 | 1964-09-23 | Andre Rene Lambert Oscar Emile | Method of and apparatus for the biological purification of sewage |
US3312346A (en) * | 1964-12-29 | 1967-04-04 | Chicago Bridge & Iron Co | Sewage treatment plants with movable partition |
US3448861A (en) * | 1965-12-22 | 1969-06-10 | Lakeside Eng Corp | Aerotor plants for treatment of sewage and industrial wastes |
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- 1972-07-25 ZA ZA725134A patent/ZA725134B/xx unknown
- 1972-07-25 CH CH1107172A patent/CH535186A/de not_active IP Right Cessation
- 1972-07-26 AT AT643072A patent/AT315766B/de not_active IP Right Cessation
- 1972-07-26 GB GB3489972A patent/GB1361697A/en not_active Expired
- 1972-07-28 BE BE786868A patent/BE786868A/nl unknown
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US2027370A (en) * | 1934-01-24 | 1936-01-14 | Frank S Currie | Apparatus for treating sewage |
GB970470A (en) * | 1960-01-11 | 1964-09-23 | Andre Rene Lambert Oscar Emile | Method of and apparatus for the biological purification of sewage |
US3312346A (en) * | 1964-12-29 | 1967-04-04 | Chicago Bridge & Iron Co | Sewage treatment plants with movable partition |
US3448861A (en) * | 1965-12-22 | 1969-06-10 | Lakeside Eng Corp | Aerotor plants for treatment of sewage and industrial wastes |
Cited By (15)
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US3984321A (en) * | 1973-11-23 | 1976-10-05 | Kaelin J R | Sewage treatment plant |
US3917532A (en) * | 1974-04-11 | 1975-11-04 | Davis Water & Waste Ind Inc | Sewage treatment plant |
US4080292A (en) * | 1975-06-09 | 1978-03-21 | Biuro Projektowo-Konstrukcyjne Centralnego Zwiazku Spoldzielni Mleczarskich | Tank for agitation and aeration of sewages |
US4146478A (en) * | 1976-10-20 | 1979-03-27 | Activox, Inc. | Closed spiral path waste water treatment system |
US4290884A (en) * | 1978-08-25 | 1981-09-22 | Clevepak Corporation | Nitrification-denitrification system |
WO1982000134A1 (en) * | 1980-07-03 | 1982-01-21 | Gyulavari I | Apparatus for treating liquids |
US4940545A (en) * | 1989-03-29 | 1990-07-10 | Baker Hughes, Inc. | Aerobic waste sludge digester-thickener orbital system and method |
EP0749942A2 (de) * | 1995-05-23 | 1996-12-27 | Bernd Dr.-Ing. Diering | Anlage zur biologischen Aufbereitung von Abwasser |
EP0749942A3 (de) * | 1995-05-23 | 1998-05-13 | Bernd Dr.-Ing. Diering | Anlage zur biologischen Aufbereitung von Abwasser |
FR2837813A1 (fr) * | 2002-03-29 | 2003-10-03 | Omnium Traitement Valorisa | Installation circulaire pour le traitement biologique des eaux usees |
WO2003082752A1 (fr) * | 2002-03-29 | 2003-10-09 | Otv S.A. | Installation circulaire pour le traitement biologique des eaux usees. |
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US20160039695A1 (en) * | 2014-08-06 | 2016-02-11 | William N. Carpenter, JR. | System and method of treating wastewater |
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FR2150341A1 (sv) | 1973-04-06 |
SE387323B (sv) | 1976-09-06 |
BE786868A (nl) | 1972-11-16 |
IE36617L (en) | 1973-02-20 |
GB1361697A (en) | 1974-07-30 |
ES405985A1 (es) | 1975-07-01 |
AR196621A1 (es) | 1974-02-12 |
NO132903C (sv) | 1976-01-28 |
IE36617B1 (en) | 1977-01-19 |
DK142278B (da) | 1980-10-06 |
JPS4829265A (sv) | 1973-04-18 |
JPS5551638B2 (sv) | 1980-12-25 |
FI56362B (fi) | 1979-09-28 |
AU4549172A (en) | 1974-02-14 |
ZA725134B (en) | 1973-04-25 |
CH535186A (de) | 1973-03-31 |
AT315766B (de) | 1974-06-10 |
NL147400B (nl) | 1975-10-15 |
DE2239041A1 (de) | 1973-02-22 |
DK142278C (sv) | 1981-03-02 |
AU468067B2 (en) | 1975-12-18 |
FI56362C (fi) | 1980-01-10 |
FR2150341B1 (sv) | 1978-05-19 |
IT963510B (it) | 1974-01-21 |
NO132903B (sv) | 1975-10-20 |
CA967295A (en) | 1975-05-06 |
NL7111546A (sv) | 1973-02-22 |
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